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Battletech, aka Mechwarrior, for the X68000 Japanese PC
The 'reverse' localization of PC classic MechWarrior shows just how far ahead Japanese PC tech was in the early '90s

By Kerry Brunskill Published

Pasokon Retro When Western games were localized in Japan, the resulting reimagined ports often had their own unique flair.

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Hyper Sports 2 for the MSX
The Olympics may be over, but I'm still going for 40-year-old gold in the first licensed Olympic games

By Kerry Brunskill Published

Pasokon Retro Konami owes me a new keyboard after all the tapping I've done in 1984's Hyper Sports.

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Hydlide comparison
A look back at 8 versions of classic action RPG Hydlide reveals how PC ports can preserve—or lose—the soul of a game

By Kerry Brunskill Published

Pasokon Retro What does an "authentic" version of a game look like? Sometimes they have to change to stay the same.

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Sorcerian for Genesis cover art
RPG expansions that offer seemingly endless adventures? Sorcerian did that 36 years ago

By Kerry Brunskill Published

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Laplace no Ma
Graph paper mapping my way through a 37-year-old RPG reminded me how rarely I give games 100% of my attention, and how much more fun I have when I do

By Kerry Brunskill Published

Pasokon Retro By making things harder for myself in a classic Japanese dungeon crawler, I'm also making memories I'd never get otherwise.

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Hamlet
Early '90s sci-fi adventure Hamlet was innovating on the survival horror genre before it even existed

By Kerry Brunskill Published

Pasokon Retro This PC-98 classic presaged Resident Evil by adding action and horror to the dungeon crawler.

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Shiren the Wanderer: Monster of Moonlight Village roguelike
It shouldn't be this hard to play the best version of one of Japan's great roguelikes today

By Kerry Brunskill Published

Pasokon Retro This Shiren manages to be incredible and incredibly disappointing all at once.

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Saruyama Tengoku 2
This chill Windows 95 relic is more toy than game, but reinstalling it every winter has become one of my favorite holiday rituals

By Kerry Brunskill Published

Pasokon Retro Sometimes old and simple toys are more… ape-aling.

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Dinosaur Island PC box
I spent years hunting down a rare copy of Windows 95 anime adventure Dinosaur Island, and it's still so candy cute it makes my teeth hurt

By Kerry Brunskill Published

Pasokon Retro Funny, not fossilised.

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Silent Mobius: Case: Titanic box and disk
My favorite Titanic adventure game is remarkably faithful to the historic disaster, except for how it floats above Tokyo circa 2026 stuffed with demons

By Kerry Brunskill Published

Pasokon Retro I'm flying (dead in the skies above Tokyo), Jack!

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